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Fourteenth session of CDCC
St. Georges, Grenada
8-11 December 1992
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORK PROGRAMME OF ECLAC/CDCC
FOR THE 1992-1993 BIENNNIUM
UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Subregional Headquarters lor the Caribbean
CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION COMMITTEE
CONTENTS
SUBREGIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN
1.
Economic surveys and analyses of Caribbean countries
2.
Economic and social planning
3.
Science and technology
4.
Social development in the Caribbean
5.
Population and development
6.
Environment and development in the Caribbean
7.
Information and documentation for economic
and social development
8.
Tourism and industry
9.
International trade and finance
10.
Support to the Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
11.
General information services
12.
Substantive servicing of meetings of the CDCC
Other activities
Annex 1
Annex 2
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORK PROGRAMME OF ECLAC/CDCC
FOR THE 1992-1993 BIENNIUM
INTRODUCTION
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, secretariat of the Caribbean
Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), continued to assist the processes
of economic and social development in the Caribbean subregion, through its
multisectoral and interdisciplinary capability. During 1992, the activities of
the secretariat were carried out within the framework of the approved work
programme of the Office for the 1992-1993 biennium.
This work programme was first considered by the CDCC at its twelfth session
in Curacao, in December 1989, and subsequently approved by ECLAC at its twentythird session in Caracas, in May 1990. At the thirteenth session of the CDCC,
which took place in Kingston in July 1991, the member governments proposed a
number of modifications to the work programme. These proposals received further
consideration at the fifth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee which took place
in Port-of-Spain in January 1992.
On the basis of the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee, the
secretariat obtained approval for the revised work programme for the 1992-1993
biennium (LC/CAR/G.284/Rev. 1) This revision goes some way towards accommodating
the concerns of member governments regarding the work programme of the
Organization. (The work programme for the 1994-1995 biennium, LC/CAR/G.378,
accommodates these concerns to a greater extent.)
Given that the revision to the 1992-1993 work programme took place within
the constraint of a fixed pool of resources available for its execution, it was
necessary to exclude certain activities in the original programme in order to
include others. Certain activities were excluded because of their operational
nature, or because extrabudgetary financing was not expected to be available for
their execution; it being understood that these activities could be implemented
if such funding were obtained. The table at Annex 1 to this report indicates the
revisions which were made to the original work programme for the 1992-1993
biennium.
In addition to activities carried out by the secretariat during 1992, in
accordance with the 1992-1993 work programme, this document also reports on
activities carried out during the period, July-December 1991.
The secretariat continued to seek the collaboration of other United Nations
offices and of other Caribbean regional organizations, in the execution of its
work programme. It also sought to promote technical cooperation among the
countries of the Caribbean through its various activities, where it was possible
to do so.
A list of meetings in which the secretariat participated during the period
under review, is provided at Annex 2 to this document.
The number headings used in this document correspond to those used in the
overall work programme of ECLAC.
Copies of all documents referred to may be obtained from the secretariat.
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SUBPROGRAMME 13.1s
ECONOMIC SURVEYS AND ANALYSES OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
Subprogramme objectives
To provide member governments, institutional arid other users with periodic
analytical reviews of the performance of the economies of Caribbean countries,
and of selected economic and social sectors.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat continued to prepare economic analyses of Caribbean
countries and carried out overviews of economic activities in the Caribbean for
1990 and 1991, (documents LC/CAR/G.343 and LC/CAR/G.376) respectively. These
documents also served as inputs into the economic survey of Latin America and the
Caribbean, published by ECLAC, Santiago.
The secretariat collaborated with a number of regional and international
organizations, providing technical assistance through the preparation of
documents and technical papers for use as resource material at regional
conferences. These included:
(a)
A paper entitled Caribbean integration in the changing global
context (document WP/91/3) which was presented at a meeting of the West Indian
Commission, held at SELA Headquarters, Caracas, Venezuela, April 1992, to
consider the issue of cooperation between the Caribbean Community, the wider
Caribbean and Latin America.
(b)
A presentation on preliminary indicators of economic performance of
Caribbean countries, at a meeting of the Association of Caribbean Economists
(ACE), held in April 1992 at the University of the Netherlands Antilles in
Curacao.
(c)
A technical evaluation, Macroeconomic and structural adjustment
policies for Grenada (document WP/91/2).
This document which was prepared at
the request of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in
Barbados, consisted of a critique of the National Development Plan and proposals
for technical assistance to Grenada.
(d)
A monograph, Caribbean economic performance and prospects - Towards
sustainable development policies (WP/92/2). This document, which is a revision
of a previous paper Sustained development in the 1990s (LC/CAR/G.290), is to
be included as one chapter in a publication, The Caribbean and Central America:
Economic and security issues to be published by the Foreign Affairs and National
Defense Division of the Library of Congress.
(e)
The document, Economic performance of CARICOM countries - 1991
(WP/92/3) was prepared for purposes of the thirteenth CARICOM Heads of Government
Conference.
(f)
The paper, The financial services sector - Its current contribution
and future potential for regional development (WP/92/5), was prepared at the
request of the Commonwealth Secretariat for presentation at the Workshop on
Economic Crime, which was to be convened in Barbados, 10-13 November 1992. This
workshop has subsequently been cancelled.
In addition to the above activities, the secretariat continued to provide
technical assistance and participate in a number of workshops and seminars
organized by ECLAC/CDCC and other international and regional organizations.
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SUBPROGRAMME 13.2:
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PLANNING
Subprogramme objectives
To assist member countries to review economic and social development, to
review approaches to the planning of development, and to consider the impact of
regional and global economic issues on the economies of CDCC member countries.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat collaborated with the Latin American and Caribbean
Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) in the following activities:
(a)
Convening of a seminar on information for social and economic
planning which took place in Kingston in August 1991.
(b)
Organization and conduct of an Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting of
Planners on Project Data Banks and Public Sector Investment Programming, which
took place in Tortola in April 1992.
(c)
Assistance to ILPES in follow-up activities related to the programme,
Project Data Banks and Public Sector Investment Programming”.
(d)
Preparation of a paper, Project Data Banks and Public Sector
Investment Programming: Issues, Ideas, Conclusions and Recommendations from
EDI/ECLAC/ILPES Seminar on Project Data Banks and Public Sector Investment
Programming.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.3:
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CARIBBEAN
Subprogramme objectives
To provide substantive servicing of meetings of the Caribbean Council for
Science and Technology (CCST); coordination of the work of the CCST; and to
improve mechanisms for technology transfer and development in CDCC member
countries.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat continued to provide support to the activities of the CCST,
serving as its interim secretariat.
The secretariat organized and serviced the tenth Plenary Session of the
CCST, (Jamaica, September 1991), and the twelfth Executive Committee Meeting,
(Jamaica, September 1991).
It convened the thirteenth Executive Committee
Meeting in Puerto Rico in March 1992; the fourteenth Executive Committee Meeting,
and the eleventh Plenary Session in Saint Lucia in September 1992. A report on
the work of the CCST for 1991-1992 (LC/CAR/G.365; CCST/92/5) was presented to
member States at the eleventh meeting of the Council.
The secretariat organized and convened the Regional Seminar/Workshop on the
Development of a Plan of Action for Science and Technology in the Caribbean, in
Saint Lucia immediately prior to the eleventh Plenary Session.
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The secretariat has obtained funding for the execution of the project
Technology Extension Service”, the immediate objective of which is the
establishment of industrial extension services within the countries of the
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Following a decision of the Council to undertake a project on the History
of scientific and technological development in the Caribbean, a project proposal
was prepared and submitted for funding. It is expected that the funds would be
obtained in time for the project to commence in January 1993.
The secretariat provided technical assistance to Antigua and Barbuda and
the United States virgin Islands in convening workshops in science teaching. The
secretariat also provided assistance to Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint
Lucia in preparing for their national consultations on science and technology.
Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis also received assistance in the drafting
of policy proposals on science and technology.
The secretariat prepared a project proposal aimed at the development of a
pilot programme which would enhance the teaching of science and technology at the
primary school level.
The secretariat produced and distributed Volumes 7 and 8 of the COST
Newsletter; and also produced the following documents:
(a)
Problems and prospects of south-south cooperation in science and
technology. Paper submitted to the Conference on Trends in the International
Economy and their Implications for Caribbean Policy: Issues arising from the
South Commission Report.
(b)
Financing of science and technology in industry. Paper presented to
the Fifth Annual National Conference on Science and Technology, Jamaica, 12-14
December 1991.
(c)
Problems of the organization of science and technology in the small
States of the Caribbean. Paper presented to the Advisory Committee on Science
and Technology for the Least Developed Countries and other Small Developing
Countries, Jamaica, 16-20 December 1991.
(d)
Report of the thirteenth Executive Committee Meeting of the CCST,
(LC/CAR/G.355; CCST/92/3).
(e)
Revised compendium of institutions and agencies with activities or
interests in science and technology, (LC/CAR/G.332/Rev.1; CCST/91/l/Rev.1).
(f)
Report to the thirteenth Executive Committee Meeting on the work
programme 1991-1992 of the CCST, (LC/CAR/G.357; CCST/92/2).
The secretariat held discussions with the Corporation for Technological
Transformation (CTT) of Puerto Rico and the University of the Virgin Islands
(UVI) with a view to undertaking joint activities.
Discussions with various members, pointed to a need for training in project
preparation and analysis, and in immersion-type foreign language capability.
With regard to project preparation, the Council held discussions with the
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) with a view to assisting in developing a
training programme, Project preparation and implementation for the scientific
community of the Caribbean. Discussions took place with Cuba, Venezuela and
Colombia with respect to Spanish language immersion intensive courses.
Following a request from the Government of Saint Lucia, the Council
facilitated the participation of a speaker,at the Saint Lucia National Science
Consultation on Science Education held in 1992.
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The secretariat provided advisory services to Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia on their national science and technology work
programmes and with the science and technology components of their national
plans.
In addition to the above activities, the secretariat continued to
collaborate with other international and regional organizations in furthering
science and technology awareness in the region and strengthening ties among
agencies in science and technology, primarily by participation in a number of
regional and international meetings. (These are indicated at Annex 2 to this
report)
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SUBPROGRAMME 13.4:
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Subprogramme objectives
To contribute to the development of Caribbean countries by carrying out
research and making policy proposals on social aspects of development; and to
facilitate arrangements for an exchange of perspectives and proposals on these
issues.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat provided assistance in the organization of, and
preparations for, the Subregional Conference on Poverty in the Caribbean held in
Santo Domingo, 30 September-2 October 1992. The conference was convened by ECLAC
Headquarters. The secretariat selected consultants to prepare papers on the
poverty situation in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia and Guyana. The
conference was attended by representatives from 10 Caribbean countries. The
subregional conference is considered to be an important input into the Third
Regional Conference on Poverty to be held in Santiago, in November 1992.
The secretariat collaborated with ECLAC Headquarters in preparations for
the Third Regional Conference on Poverty to be held in Santiago in November 1992.
Consultants were identified to prepare studies on social expenditure in Trinidad
and Tobago, and on productivity among the rural poor in Dominica and among the
urban poor in Jamaica. A questionnaire was sent to the governments in the
Caribbean region to obtain information on the poverty situations in the
countries.
The secretariat prepared a document entitled Adjustment, transition,
transformation and the social sector: A framework for continuing analysis and
policy formulation, (LC/CAR/G.350). This document has been distributed to member
countries of the CDCC.
The secretariat conducted research into the contribution of non­
governmental organizations (NGOs) to development in the Caribbean, and provided
technical assistance to non-governmental groups in the subregion as requested.
The secretariat carried out a review of the ECLAC document, Social equity
and changing production patterns - An integrated approach, in order to allow for
a fuller appreciation of this document on the part of Caribbean officials, and
to comment on its applicability to the Caribbean. This review is intended as a
background document for purposes of an ad hoc expert group meeting of Caribbean
economic planners scheduled to be held in Port-of-Spain early in 1993.
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Women in development
Subprogramme objectives
To coordinate representation of the interests of Caribbean womens
organizations in international forums and on regional and international
development issues; to analyse and evaluate specific issues relating to women
in development in the Caribbean.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat prepared the Report on the ad hoc expert group meeting on
changing production patterns with social equity relative to women in the
Caribbean (LC/CAR/G.339). This report consisted of a review and appraisal of the
implementation in the Caribbean of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies, 19851990.
The secretariat prepared
women - Methodological concerns
attempts to provide information
constructing databases on women
a document entitled Indicators for research on
in the Caribbean, (LC/CAR/G.348). This document
for use in the selection of basic indicators for
in the Caribbean engaged in selected activities.
The secretariat consulted with womens bureaux, NGOs and other womens
organizations in the Caribbean prior to its attendance at the fourteenth Meeting
of Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into
the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean, in
Curacao, in June 1992.
Human resources development
Subprogramme objectives
To include considerations relating to human resources development in the
overall work programme of ECLAC/CDCC and in development planning processes of
CDCC member countries.
To foster cooperation among tertiary-level planning
institutions in CDCC member countries.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat concluded the regional project HOL/89/S104: Promotion of
training policies in the Caribbean subregion. The developmental objective of the
project was to increase the technical knowledge and capabilities of staff of the
public administration, research and other academic centres of the Caribbean
subregion. The project is expected to produce the results which would enable
these institutions to more effectively address the political, economic and social
challenges which they are encountering.
Removal of language barriers
Subprogramme objectives
To support development cooperation among the member countries of the CDCC
through the promotion of language communication.
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Activities during reporting period
In July 1992 a prefeasibility study was undertaken by a team of consultants
contracted by the European Community. This was in response to initiatives of the
Government of the Netherlands Antilles during the past few years. This
prefeasibility study was intended to inform further elaboration of proposals for
the promotion of language capabilities in the member countries of the CDCC.
The CDCC secretariat collaborated in the exercise and undertook
responsibility for the logistics, including official communication to most of the
countries selected to be visited by the consultants.
The consultants report is expected in November 1992.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.5:
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Subprogramme objectives
To assist member countries of the CDCC to develop capabilities to integrate
population considerations into development planning, and to formulate and
implement population policies and related operational activities; to generate and
analyse population data for the purposes of informing social and economic
planning.
Activities during reporting period
Most of the activities under this programme were implemented with financial
assistance from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), under the regional
project Integration of population in development planning for the Caribbean.
However, funding for this project ended in December 1991 although UNFPA has
continued to provide some assistance for the completion of national level project
activities as well as continuation of the post in the Demography Unit up to the
end of 1992. The result has been a reduction in the initiation of new activities
on the 1992 work programme, especially regional level activities. Some assistance
was also provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Other
programmes were implemented in collaboration with the following international and
regional agencies: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) and the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA).
Data generation and evaluation
The secretariat assisted in a review of systems for collection of data on
census, vital statistics and migration. It contributed to the building of the
central store of data, at the regional and national levels, and produced a number
of publications through the following projects:
(a)
Socio-demographic data bank - expansion of the socio-demographic
database which provided inputs into several of the publications on the work
programme. Data was also disseminated in response to requests from governments
as well as regional and international organizations.
(b)
Regional digest of selected social and demographic indicators, 19601990. Production of this book was completed early 1992. The objective was to
strengthen the fund of socio-demographic statistics in the region. A chapter
containing a comparative analysis of the data was also included.
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(c)
Intercensal estimates 1960-1980. Production of this book was
completed mid-1991. The book is useful to planners and policy makers in the
calculation of demographic as well as social and economic indicators.
(d)
Vital statistics.
Development of software programme for
computerisation of data. At the request of several governments, this software
programme was developed to help expedite quality control checks, ensure speedy
access to data as well as facilitate construction of tables for analysis. Four
missions were conducted to Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and
Grenada to develop, install and test the software programme as well as train
personnel in its application. In addition, a training manual,Vital statistics
software training manual, was prepared for publication. Following the testing
and successful completion of this project, plans are underway for the creation
of similar databases for other Caribbean countries.
Research
With the main objective of identifying the relevance of population linkages
to development planning, the following activities were pursued and research
documents and publications completed:
(a)
Teens in a changing society, Saint Lucia, 1960-1990 (CONS/91/4),
an in-depth study on teenage pregnancy and the socio-economic implications for
policy formulation. This book was prepared and published at the request of the
Government of Saint Lucia.
(b)
Caribbean population and development trends and interrelations: A
1990-1991 assessment (LC/CAR/G.352). This document was prepared as part of the
programme to provide information on the interrelationships between population and
development and to identify further research for improved planning.
(c)
Caribbean population and development trends: Summary of findings and
recommendations (LC/CAR/G.353). A follow-up to (b) which provides policy­
relevant recommendations based on the findings, with special emphasis on
migration.
(d)
Production of booklet on adolescent pregnancy, in collaboration with
the CFPA, UNFPA and the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF). The booklet will
contain twelve short stories written by Caribbean adolescents, which would serve
as a reference point for discussion in schools and other forums on the
perspectives, experiences and solutions related to adolescent pregnancy in the
Caribbean. Publication is expected by end of 1992.
(e)
A national population policy for Saint Lucia, (LC/CAR/G.351)
prepared in collaboration with the Government as part of its population policy
implementation programme.
(f)
Population policy and fertility in the Caribbean, a research paper
prepared for the Symposium on Fertility and Insularity, Reunion, May 11 - 15,
1992, organized by the Conseil General of the Government of France.
(g)
Population policy and planning - Changing needs in research and
training for the 21st Century, a research paper prepared for the University of
the West Indies (UWI) George Roberts Symposium, UWI, Jamaica, June 1992.
(h)
Demographic trends in the Caribbean: An overview, a comparative
analysis of the Caribbean population data prepared for Chapter 1 of
ECLAC/CELADEs Regional digest of demographic and social indicators, 19601990.
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(i)
Population and development planning in the Caribbean”, a research
paper prepared for the USAID/UNFPA Regional Meeting on Population and
Development, Antigua and Barbuda, July 1992.
(j)
Population dynamics and planning, with special emphasis on
adolescent fertility, migration and population policy, a background document
prepared for the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting of
Government Experts on Population and Development, preparatory to the 1994 United
Nations World Population Conference, Saint Lucia, October 1992.
Training
The main aim of the training undertaken has been to develop skills in
understanding population-development interrelationships; projecting population
changes and evaluating their consequences and feedback in relation to various
social and economic sectors; formulating social and economic programmes which
have demographic considerations incorporated into them and communicating the
results to planners and policy makers. Training conducted included:
(a)
National Training Programme on Improvement of Vital Registration and
Statistics System. A series of training seminars on improvement of the vital
registration and statistics system were conducted in Grenada, Saint Lucia and
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In addition, three follow-up workshops for
district registrars were carried out to improve the collection and recording of
the data. The outputs from these seminars include the production of two documents
Report on recommendations and plan of action and an Instruction manual for
district registrars.
(b)
National Consultative Meeting on Population Education - Trinidad and
Tobago. A national consultative meeting on population education was conducted in
Trinidad and Tobago, December 1991. The aim was to strengthen capabilities for
the development of a comprehensive population education strategy for inclusion
in the national population policy which is being formulated. The seminar was held
in collaboration with UNESCO and the National Population Programme Unit. The
output consisted of a document containing recommendations and a plan of action.
(c)
National Training Workshops on Analysis of Census Data - Netherlands
Antilles and Saint Lucia. Two 1-week training workshops on analysis of census
data using Retrieval of Data for Small Areas by Micro-computer (REDATAM) were
conducted for Saint Lucia (October 1992) and the Netherlands Antilles (November
1992). The aim was to strengthen capabilities in the analysis of census data and
the application of REDATAM and other statistical analysis software for
development planning. This series of national level seminars replaced the
regional seminar which had to be postponed due to shortage of funds.
(d)
Regional Meeting on Population, Development and Environment.
Assistance was provided in the design and conduct of a regional meeting on
population and development, held in Antigua and Barbuda, July 1992, funded by
USAID/UNFPA. The aim was to create awareness of the linkages between population,
development and environment.
(e)
United Nations International Conference on Population and Development
- Latin America and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting of Government Experts,
October 1992, Saint Lucia. Assistance was provided in the implementation of
preparatory activities for the conduct of the Latin America and Caribbean
Regional Meeting of Experts on Population and Development,which took place in
October 1992, in Saint Lucia. A background paper was prepared and presented at
the meeting. The aim was to strengthen awareness of population issues and its
linkages to development; to review the progress made in reaching the goals of the
World Population Plan of Action; and to adopt a joint position on a set of
recommendations for the next decade.
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Integration of population considerations in development planning
A number of governments were assisted in population policy formulation and
implementation through activities under six UNFPA-funded projects: the three-year
regional project, Integration of Population in Development Planning for the
Caribbean; the four-year national project for Haiti, Support for National
Population Council (CONAPO) approved in March 1989; and four two-year national
projects, Support for National Population Coordinators for Dominica, Grenada,
Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Population policy formulation
Under this subprogramme, the secretariat provided assistance in the
execution of a UNFPA-funded Haiti national project and responded to ad hoc
requests from other governments for assistance in their population policy
formulation exercises as follows:
Support to the National Population Council (CONAPOi - Haiti nation
al project
Following a series of research activities, the first draft of the
population policy was completed in the third quarter of 1991. Since then,
implementation of programmes within the Haiti four-year project entitled:
Support for the National Population Council (CONAPO), funded by UNFPA,
has been postponed.
Support to the Population Programme Unit and National Population
Council- Trinidad and Tobago
Advisory services Continued to be provided to the National
Population Programme Unit and Population Council of Trinidad and Tobago in
policy formulation activities. In additiion, assistance was provided in
the design of a seminar for the formulation of the first draft of a
population policy and the preparation of a project proposal for submission
to UNFPA for funding of the programme.
Population policy implementation
The secretariat provided assistance to governments under the UNFPA regional
project for developing technical capabilities and strengthening institutional
mechanisms for population policy implementation. This was accomplished through
the establishment of population units in the planning ministries and national
population councils.
Countries receiving special assistance were Jamaica,
Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Population planning units - National population coordinators
The secretariat continued to provide technical guidelines and support to
the national population units located in the ministries of finance and planning
of Saint Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Assistance
was provided in the implementation of activities related to policy implementation
and integration of population in development planning.
In the case of Dominica, however, despite the fact that approval was
granted by UNFPA in January 1990 for the funding of the post of National
Population Coordinator, project activities never got off the ground due to the
slow recruitment process.
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Jamaica - Situational analysis of Population Unit. Planning Institute of
Jamaica (PIOJÏ
In response to a request from the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) the
secretariat carried out
a situational analysis of the Population Unit and
identified activities for incorporation into a project proposal to UNFPA. Funding
was provided by UNFPA.
Information. Education. Communication flECi programmes
A population information/education/communication subprogramme was developed
at the secretariat. The activities related to the preparation of information
material on population-development issues for dissemination via print, radio and
television; development of a population-development video; establishment of a
population reference library; development of a population bibliographic database.
Owing to shortage of funds, work in this area had to be curtailed in early 1992.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.6:
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Subprogramme objectives
To strengthen member countries capabilities to incorporate environmental
considerations into development planning. To assist and coordinate policy
formulation at the subregional level on matters relating to environment and
development.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat was instrumental in coordinating the Caribbean position as
part of the preparatory process for participation in the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), serving as an active member
of the CARICOM Taskforce for the preparation of the region for UNCED, with the
objective of deciding on a common position on matters of interest to the
region. The submission of the taskforce was discussed at UNCED in the context
of sustainable development of small island States. It is expected that the role
of the secretariat will continue given that the CARICOM Heads of Government
Meeting has decided that this taskforce should remain in operation to coordinate
the regional approach to the post-UNCED imperatives.
The secretariat at the request of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and
the OECS Secretariat provided technical assistance in the preparation of their
respective national and regional reports for UNCED.
The secretariat also
assisted the Government of Barbados in a review of its national report. The
secretariat participated in national consultations in Trinidad and Tobago and in
Barbados.
The secretariat also provided information on the UNCED agenda, the agendas
of the UNCED preparatory meetings and the substantive documentation arising from
the UNCED process were made available on request. An advanced version of the
final text of Agenda 21 and final versions of other UNCED documents were widely
distributed throughout the region.
The secretariats environment officer participated, as a resource person,
in the training programme in the Environmental Impact Assessment Module of the
Planning and Project Cycle Course organized by the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry
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of Planning and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and
in Trinidad and Tobagos National Institute of Higher Education, Research,
Science and Technology (NIHERST) Agricultural Research Seminar on sustainable
agriculture.
The secretariat, taking into account the lack of current information in the
area of environment, has initiated work
towards the establishment of a
computerized environmental database which will provide on-line access to
environmental data to CDCC member countries. This work will be an ongoing
exercise and will be complemented by the publication of a document on
environmental statistics.
The secretariat is collaborating with the United Nations Environmental
Programme (UNEP) and the University of Miami,
in a study on the implications of
climate change and sealevel rise and vulnerability assessment of selected
coastlines in the wider Caribbean region. The secretariat serves on a task force
set up to develop a socio-economic numeric model, selection of a case study
island and the specification of the data requirements for the case study.
In addition to the above activities, the secretariat collaborated with a
number of regional and international agencies in the implementation of activities
related to the environment. It has provided technical assistance to the IDB in
the execution of a project to assess the environmental implications of
agricultural credit in Trinidad and Tobago.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.7:
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION FOR ECONOMIC AND
DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL
Caribbean information services
Subprogramme objective
To facilitate member countries and the work of ECLAC/CDCC through the
provision of relevant and up-to-date technical information services.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat continued to develop and maintain electronic databases of
documents relevant to the priority areas identified by the Committee.
These
databases cover a range of technical studies and reports, research activities,
projects, and resource persons and institutions which can assist in the provision
of specific information.
In an effort to ensure that member countries can access these databases,
the secretariat has been testing various approaches to computer-based
communication in the region.
In the first instance, the secretariat, in
collaboration with the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT),
is implementing an International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-funded pilot
project, Caribbean computer-based communication development.
This project
provides
participants
with
communications
equipment,
training
and
telecommunications costs. Its primary objectives are to develop skills in the
use of computer-based telematic techniques, promote greater utilization of
databases and information systems, and provide more timely information exchange
in the region.
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A second modality adopted by the secretariat is the establishment and use
of an electronic Bulletin Board Service (ECLAC/AMBIONET). This is being done
jointly with UNEP and is targeted primarily at the INFOTERRA focal points of
UNEP, but is open to other interested organizations and individuals.
With regard to the development and transfer of skills in informatics and
the newer information technologies, the secretariat designed and demonstrated an
Executive Information System, using a State enterprise as its case study. The
secretariat assisted in the installation and maintenance of an electronic
document imaging system which will enable the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC)
to preserve its institutional memory, retrieve decisions made by the Council and
its Committees, and increase the ease with which information can be gained for
decision-making. If funding is secured for the project, the skills developed in
this new and important area of information technology can be transferred to other
countries.
As part of its ongoing programme of training in the use of microcomputer
software for the storage and retrieval of information, the secretariat provided
direct assistance to Suriname and Guyana.
Twenty-one participants from 16
institutions in Suriname, and 12 from seven institutions in Guyana were trained
in the use of micro information software. The secretariat continued to provide
technical assistance to regional institutions in the organization and servicing
of workshops related to informatics and conducted a workshop on computerised
information services for six participants from Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago.
Substantive support was provided to the coordinating machinery for
Caribbean regional information systems in the preparation of Guidelines for the
establishment of regional information systems. Within the framework of the
Consultative Committee on Caribbean Regional Information Systems, the secretariat
provided substantive inputs to the design of a project proposal to enhance and
sustain the development of regional information systems in the Caribbean.
The acquisition of information technology has traditionally been a problem
for countries of the south. The secretariat hopes to implement a project which
seeks to create an environment in which users can incorporate other types of data
structures into their CDS/ISIS databases, for example, images, sound, multimedia,
etc., and will develop an application which could be more widely distributed,
requiring minimal user training. A number of benefits would accrue from this
project, most notably the provision of the necessary technological infrastructure
with which the Caribbean information specialist can provide a more timely and
increased level of service to researchers and policy makers.
There was an increase in the number of documents acquired for processing
and storing in the Caribbean Information System for Economic and Social Planning
(CARISPLAN). This information has been made available to member countries and
other users through the quarterly publication of the CARISPLAN abstracts and the
monthly preparation of Current Awareness Bulletins (CAB).
The secretariat continued to offer public information services by way of
distribution, upon request, of printouts and photocopies and provision of
retrieval services in various forms, including specialized bibliographies,
selected dissemination services and direct on-line access.
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Patent information and development
Subprogramme objectives
To assist in strengthening the industrial property systems within the
region, with emphasis on patents. To provide a patent information service, in
support of industrial development and the transfer of technology, to users in
industry, research and development institutions, inventors and others.
Activities during reporting period
During the reporting period, 450 copies each of six issues of the quarterly
journal, PATNEWS, were printed and widely distributed throughout the region. The
journal PATNEWS has generated much interest among science and technology
institutions, small businesses and inventors, acting to sensitize readers to the
importance of patent information to the development process, and of the services
offered by the Patent Information and Documentation Unit (PIDU) and other
sources. Additionally, two annual supplements to the Caribbean Patent Index, an
index of patents granted by Caribbean countries, have been produced and
distributed regionally.
PIDU responded to approximately 33 requests for technology information
searches, and 25 requests for technology packages - an increase of approximately
16 per cent over the last reporting period.
The information provided has
assisted some small businesses in locating new areas of manufacturing interest
and in improving existing technology and products.
In the ongoing effort to determine a more permanent location for PIDU which up to the end of June 1992 was extrabudgetarily funded, discussions have
been held between ECLAC/CDCC and some Caribbean governments and research and
development organizations, in a series of missions undertaken during the
reporting period. There has been an indication of interest by one member country
and a paper on future directions for the work of the PIDU is being prepared in
response to a request of the CDCC at its thirteenth session. A project document
for the third phase of PIDUs activities was prepared and submitted to IDRC.
Unfortunately, there has been a delay in review of the document because of
changes in emphasis of areas to be supported by IDRC following its recent
restructuring and also the uncertainty of the future location of PIDU.
The technical cooperation modality of support to PIDUs operations has been
explored in discussions held between the Director of the Office and officials of
the National Industrial Property Office (INPI) of Brazil.
Close contact is
maintained between the two offices.
The potential for technical cooperation
with Brazil and other developing countries with a good intellectual property
infrastructure remains great, and contact has been made with Mexico on the
subject.
Statistical services
Subprogramme objectives
To assist the decision-making process through the development and
maintenance of statistical databases to facilitate the work of the secretariat
and of the member countries; to provide statistical information for studies and
publications of ECLAC/CDCC and other United Nations bodies; to provide assistance
to member countries in the development and modernization of national statistical
capabilities and services.
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Activities during reporting period
The secretariat continued to amplify the country and subject matter
coverage of its database. This coverage has been reflected in the latest edition
of the Selected statistical indicators.
The secretariat continued to
disseminate the computer version of the database to a large number of agencies
requesting it. Improvements in the programming and design of the database have
been made and will appear in the next version which is due shortly.
The secretariat published the fourth edition of Selected statistical
indicators of Caribbean countries, 1991 (LC/CAR/G.345). This document updates
and amplifies the time series of statistical indicators of the Caribbean
countries. The next edition will include coverage of social indicators.
The secretariat published the second volume of Major statistical
publications - Abstracts - Volume II, 1991 (LC/CAR/G.340).
This document
presents an abstracted description of the major statistical publications and is
an invaluable tool in the search for statistical information.
It is an
occasional document since the changes from year to year do not warrant an annual
revision of the document.
Despite severe difficulties in the collection of data from member
countries, the secretariat published the document Agricultural statistics Volume IX, 1992, (LC/CAR/G.361).
In collaboration with the Latin American Demographic Centre (CELADE), the
secretariat continued to encourage the use of the REDATAM software package in the
Caribbean.
The secretariat collaborated with ECLAC, Santiago, in the organization and
conduct in Port-of-Spain, of a workshop on
sample frames and sample designs.
The workshop lasted three days and brought together 12 statisticians who reviewed
their sampling practices and benefited from the advice of a number of experts in
the field of sampling and survey work.
The secretariat collaborated with the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in the organization and conduct of a Regional
Agricultural Marketing and Investment Opportunities Seminar, held in Port-ofSpain in March 1992. The secretariat presented a paper entitled Overview of
sources of information in the Caribbean - Strengths and limitations. The paper
discussed the various databases available to inform the businessman interested
in the agricultural sector and willing to invest therein.
It addressed the
problems of database design and maintenance and pointed to a simpler system to
facilitate the enquiries of persons who have no formal training in informatics
or statistics. The seminar attracted over 100 participants.
The secretariat provided technical support to the ECLAC subregional project
Promotion of training policies in the Caribbean subregion (HOL/89/S104).
Assistance was given to two working group meetings and the preparation and
testing of a questionnaire for use in a survey of tertiary-level institutions.
SUPROGRAMME 13.8: TOURISM AND INDUSTRY
Subprogramme objectives
To provide reviews of the performance of the tourism and industrial sectors
and their contribution to development in the Caribbean; and to formulate
proposals relating thereto.
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Activities during reporting period
The secretariat developed forecasting models for 26 countries and compiled
the results in the document Forecasting tourist arrivals in the Caribbean
(LC/CAR/G.358). A number of these models were then updated at the request of
government agencies. Copies of the models were provided on diskette to interested
researchers so that they could generate their own forecasts of tourist arrivals
on a continuing basis.
The secretariat assisted Go South, America, which is involved in the
establishment of a Latin American Tourism Authority (LATA), by providing them
with estimates of the employment and income effects of tourism in the region.
The secretariat concluded the project, Incorporation of socio-cultural and
environmental management issues in Caribbean tourism, which aimed to develop a
plan of action through which tourism can nuture support for the development of
natural and cultural attractions. Studies were undertaken to assess the socio­
cultural and environmental impact of tourism on Caribbean societies with a view
to building awareness of the need to incorporate social-cultural and
environmental consideration in tourism development programmes and policies. This
project, which was financed by the Government of the Netherlands, focused on
Barbados, Curacao, Saint Lucia and Tobago.
Under this project, nine studies were carried out and national training
workshops were convened in the four case study areas, which in Tobago was
combined with a regional workshop. The regional workshop reviewed the findings
of the studies on the impact of tourism on these islands as well as the
recommendations emanating from the national workshops. The project was carried
out in coordination with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO).
The secretariat collaborated with UNIDO in the preparation of a report for
use in the execution of a project on industrial restructuring in Central America
(CAM/91/009).
SUBPROGRAMME 13.9:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE
Subprogramme objectives
To provide member countries with information on, and analysis of global
economic issues, including developments in international trade and finance; to
promote economic cooperation among CDCC members and between the Caribbean and
Latin America; to promote international cooperation taking into account the
interests of CDCC member countries.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat participated in technical meetings aimed at reviewing
proposals for the Common External Tariff (CET) of the Caribbean Community. The
recommendations from these meetings were submitted to the Special Meeting of
CARICOM Heads of Government held in Trinidad and Tobago in October 1992.
The secretariat prepared a resource paper, Preliminary examination of
trade possibilities between CARICOM and non-CARICOM member countries
(LC/CAR/G.349) which was intended for an ad hoc expert group meeting of trade
experts. The paper was also intended as the first part of an ongoing exercise to
explore possibilities for promoting increased cooperation among the countries of
the CDCC in economic and non-economic areas.
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In its effort to improve the flow of information on trade and related
activities, the secretariat has issued a quarterly document entitled External
Sector Briefing Notes. The publication which attempts to provide news of recent
developments in this area has been distributed to member countries of the CDCC.
The secretariat provided assistance to the Ministry of Industry and Trade
of the Government of Barbados, in the preparation of models to forecast imports
into that country.
The secretariat commenced an examination of the implications of the
proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) from the perspective of the
Caribbean. This is a discussion document for the fourteenth session of the CDCC.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.10:
SUPPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES
Subprogramme objective
To provide technical support to the integration efforts of the member
countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat provided technical support to the OECS in the move towards
closer political union among the four Windward Islands. The Deputy Director
served as Chairman of the Taskforce on Economics and Public Finance of the
Regional Constituent Assembly of the Windward Islands. The report of this
Taskforce constituted a basis for decisions by the Windward Islands on the
question of political union.
Support to the OECS was also provided through the continuing availability
of a consultant specially provided by ECLAC/CDCC under a cooperation agreement
between ECLAC/CDCC and the OECS. During 1992 this consultant was also
specifically involved in providing expert technical guidance to the deliberations
of the Windward Islands Regional Constituent Assembly on closer political union.
He served as a member of the Taskforce on Economics and Public Finance and
contributed technical documents to assist its deliberations.
SUBPROGRAMME 13.11:
GENERAL INFORMATION SERVICES
Subprogramme objective
To provide public information on objectives, purposes and activities of the
CDCC.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat continued to provide its member States with an update of
activities carried out by the CDCC through the publication of its quarterly
newsletter, FOCUS. This newsletter provides an update of work being undertaken
by the secretariat, and information on issues and items of interest to Caribbean
researchers, planners, and policy makers. Over 700 copies each of 5 issues of
FOCUS have been prepared and distributed within the subregion and beyond.
The secretariat continued to provide information to the public, via the
media, on meetings and other activities.
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SUBPROGRAMME 13.12:
SUBSTANTIVE SERVICING OF MEETINGS OF THE CDCC
Subprogramme objectives
To make arrangements and prepare documentation for, and to service and
report on meetings of the CDCC.
Activities during reporting period
The secretariat convened the fifth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of
the CDCC in Port-of-Spain in January 1992, and prepared and distributed the
report of this meeting, (LC/CAR/G.360).
The Director and Deputy Director participated in the twenty-fourth session
of ECLAC which took place in Santiago in April 1992, and made a presentation to
this meeting on the work programme of ECLAC/CDCC for the 1994-1995 biennium.
During the course of the session, a special caucus of delegations of member
countries of the CDCC was held, which was attended by the Executive Secretary and
Secretary of ECLAC. A report of this meeting was prepared and distributed to
member countries by the secretariat.
In July 1992 in Port-of-Spain, the secretariat convened a workshop of
national focal points of the CDCC. This workshop was convened in response to a
mandate from the CDCC. It was attended by national focal points from 19 member
and associate member countries, and benefited from the expertise of a number of
resource persons. The workshop proved to be extremely useful as a means of
sensitising focal points to their roles and responsibilities, and also as an
opportunity for addressing questions regarding the functioning of the CDCC, and
the restructuring of the United Nations. A report of this workshop, LC/CAR/G.372,
was prepared by the secretariat, and is one of the documents being presented to
the fourteenth session of the CDCC.
The secretariat made arrangements, and prepared documentation for the
fourteenth session of the CDCC, scheduled for 8-11 December 1992 in Grenada.
Arrangements were also made for the convening, and servicing of the first meeting
of the working group of non-independent Caribbean countries (NICCs), and a
meeting on inter-organizational collaboration, involving United Nations and
Caribbean regional organizations. Both of these meetings are scheduled for
7 December 1992 in Grenada.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The secretariat provided technical assistance to the Caribbean Centre for
Development Administration (CARICAD) in preparations for the convening of a
Roundtable Workshop on Public Management which took place in Jamaica in February
1992. The secretariat also engaged in project formulation at the request of
CARICAD in developing projects to improve the management systems in the region
and to provide for training and research in public sector management in the
Caribbean subregion.
The secretariat engaged in project formulation at the request of the
Italian Government in the development and execution of regional projects in a
number of areas.
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Annex 1
REVISIONS MADE TO THE ORIGINAL APPROVED WORK PROGRAMME
FOR THE 1992- 1993 BIENNIUM
As indicated in die introduction to this paper, the previously approved work programme was revised subsequent to the thirteenth session of die CDCC,
and the filth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee. The table below identifies those activities which were deleted from the previously approved programme,
and those which were included. New programme element numbers were adopted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
for the revised programme.
Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been included in die revised work
programme
16.5.1
Economic surveys of Caribbean countries
13.1
Economic surveys and analyses of Caribbean Countries
a) Review of die impact of the Lome convention on
Caribbean countries and prospects for the traditional
exports upon the creation of the European community
consolidated market;
a) Evaluation of economic restructuring and privatization
policies and performance in the decade of the eighties ; and
policy proposals and prospects for the nineties;
b) Yearly summaries of economic performance of CDCC
countries relative to selected sectors or issues.
b) Evaluation of savings and investment performance in
the decade of the eighties and policy proposals on their
determinants;
c) Yearly and half-yearly summaries of economic
performance of CDCC countries with annual ten-year
reviews to selected sectors or issues.
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Sub
Programme
1 Element
I 16.5.2
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
Economic and social planning in the Caribbean
13.2
Economic and social planning in the Caribbean
a) Measures to achieve a more harmonious interaction
between capital, labour and die public sector;
a) Review of ECLAC document for twenty-first session of
the Commission on aspects of Changing Patterns with Social
Equity;
b) Economic and Technical Cooperation with die Pacific
Rim countries : An evaluation of ongoing activities and
proposals for further action;
b) Develop/manage projects for the replication in other
interested CDCC member countries of the programme of
assistance in development planning given to Jamaica by
ILPES in 1990 - 1991;
c) Provision of training and advisory services at the
request of governments and in collaboration with the
Latin American Institute for Economic and Social
Planning (ILPES), UNDP and other intergovernmental
bodies;
c) Meeting of economic and social planners of CDCC
member countries to deal with implications of global and
regional developments, to discuss ongoing operational
matters and to focus on specific developments issues.
d) Convening an ad-hoc exert group meeting of planners
to discuss issues related to the impact of technical and
economic co-operation with Pacific Rim countries, this is
an interdisciplinary activity and will involve co-operation
with subregional, regional and international agencies and
organizations involved in planning and external trade;
e) Convening an ad-hoc expert group meeting to enhance
the interaction between the private sector, the public
sector and organized labour, this meeting will involve
private sector organizations as well as government
ministries of planning and representatives o f the trade
unions.
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Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have bear included in the revised work
programme
16.5.3
Science and Technology in the Caribbean
13.3
Science and Technology in the Caribbean
Review of CCST activities for the period 1985-1990.
16.5.4
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Updates of compendium of institutions and agencies with
activity or interest in science and technology.
13.4
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
1) Social aspects of structural adjustment measures
1) Social aspects of structural adjustment measures
a) Human resource development and structural
transformation. The link between skills and productivity
within the context of social and economic development.
a) Evaluation of, and recommendations relating to, social
aspects of economic and social development programmes in
the Caribbean;
b) Develop and execute a project to implement the Caribbean
component of Latin America and Caribbean project on
poverty.
2) Socio-Cultural Development Issues
2) Removal of language Barriers
a) Bulletin of the Caribbean language Institute (CLI) in
collaboration with the Language Institute of the
Netherlands Antilles;
Develop and execute a project on the removal of language
barriers as a mechanism for the promotion of closer relations
among CDCC member countries, including the convening of
a meeting of experts to develop effective mechanisms for
review, evaluation and monitoring of the project.
b) Studies on social, cultural, political and economic
aspects of Caribbean migration.
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Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
i) Assistance in implementation of the removal of
languages barriers project, provision of interim
secretariat services and service to the coordinating
committee of the Caribbean language Institute;
ii) Continuing the development of a data bank within the
CLI, linked to the Caribbean Information System;
iii) Development of a data bank on aspects of Caribbean
migration;
iv) Assistance in the implementation of projects in
collaboration with the United Nations Fund for Drug
Abuse Control;
v) Initiate and participate in research activities in
Caribbean rural development.
3) Integration of Women into Development
3) Integration of Women into Development
Organization and substantive servicing of:
Meeting of experts on specific issues related to the
integration of women into development.
ii) Subregional meeting on the issue of violence against
women and in relation to child abuse;
4) Human Resources Development
iii) It is expected that three inter-country projects on the
integration of women into development will be in
progress during the biennium.
Develop and execute a project cm human resources
development strategy in the Caribbean subregion.
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Sub
Programme
Elements
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
programme
Element
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
16.5.5
Population
13.5
Population
a) Studies on: Population/Development Interrelation;
(There woe no substitutions.)
b) Mortality patterns in the Caribbean;
Operational activities
Provision of training and advisory services to member
States in the fields of population policy implementation
and evaluation; integration of population in development
planning; techniques of demographic analysis; and
evaluation and analysis of census data and vital statistics.
Overall assistance to countries,as requested, in the
undertaking of their national census.
16.5.6
N atural resources, environmental management issues
and tourism in the Caribbean
13.6
Environment and development in the Caribbean
Technical publications :
(There were no substitutions.)
Environmental Statistics of Caribbean countries
Operational activities
a) Collaboration with the work of various international
and subregional organizations, specifically assistance to
and collaboration with UNEP;
b) Provision of training and advisory services at the
request of governments;
c) Formulation and promotion of concrete projects,
programmes and proposals for the development of
tourism, natural resources and environmental
management.
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Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
16.5.7
Information and documentation for economic and
social development
13.6
Information and documentation for economic and social
development
a) Caribbean Information System
A) Caribbean Information System
i) 24 issues of Current Awareness Bulletin;
20 issues of Current Awareness Bulletin;
ii) 24 issues of Current Contents ;
8 issues of Current Contents.
Operational activities
i) Trouble shooting and backstopping for computer-based
communication development, on-line database searching
and the use of micro CDS/ISIS for database creation and
maintenance;
ii) Assistance in die development of additional databases
relevant to various programme elements of the CDCC
work programme.
b) Statistical data bank
b) Statistical data bank
Establishment of a database on intra-CDCC trade.
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Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
13.8
Previously tourism activities were included under
subprogramme under 16.5.6 (natural resources,
environmental management and tourism).
New Sub
Programme
Element
Tourism
A report containing an analysis of the past performance and
future of tourism and assessment of the contribution tourism
to economic and social development in CDCC member
countries.
Operational activities
a) Provision of advisory services, information and
documentation and other forms of technical co-operation as
requested by governments and intergovernmental
organizations fiar the promotion of tourism and the
monitoring of developments in the tourism sector;
b) Collaboration in the work of various national and
subregional organizations, both in the public and private
sectors, relative to the collation and analysis of data on
tourism and in the dissemination of information;
c) Formulation of projects for the mobilization of
extarbudgetary support to provide for studies, technical
cooperation activities, etc. on various aspects of tourism
development.
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Sub
programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Elements
Elements which have been included in the revised work
programme
16.5.8
International trade and development finance
13.9
International trade and finance, and global economic
issues
a) Paper on export trends and performance for selected
CDCC member countries;
b) Paper on developments in the European Community
and the external sector in general and the potential for
new Caribbean exports;
a) Formulation of strategies for the development and
promotion of trade in services in countries of the subregion;
c) Paper on evaluation of the growth of trade within
CARICOM and prospects for expansion in the wider
Caribbean region;
b) Monitoring of international trade developments;
dissemination of information and analysis on international
trade and economic issues which may have implications for
CDCC member countries; publication of periodic newsletter
on international trade and economic issues, (6 issues).
d) Paper on an evaluation of selected models of trade
information with a view to increasing the access of
regional producers to external markets.
Operational activities
e) Provision of training and advisory services to
member states, upon request, in the areas of export
promotion and trade information systems; trade in
services; and in finance;
f) Monitoring and reporting to Governments on events
and issues within the external sector which impact on
Caribbean commodity and service trade.
13.12
Substantive servicing of meetings of the CDCC
-
a) Preparatory work relating to meetings of representatives
of relevant United Nations bodies, governments and Latin
American and Caribbean regional organizations, to promote
inter- organization collaboration;
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Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been excluded from the original
work programme
New Sub
Programme
Element
Elements which have been included in die revised work
programme
13.12
b) Development of a structured relationship with the
CARICOM Secretariat;
c) Report on appraisal of the strategy being adopted for
focusing the attention of the international community on the
special problems of island developing countries;
d) Paper (update) on participation of member countries in the
work of the CDCC;
e) Report on action taken on decisions and resolutions of the
CDCC.
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Annex 2
PARTICIPATION OF THE SECRETARIAT AT
MEETINGS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS
July 1991 to December 1992
13.
SUBREGIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN
13.1
ECONOMIC SURVEYS AND ANALYSES
OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
Organized bv other Institutions
CARICOM Regional Meeting on Services in the Caribbean, Jamaica, 5-8 April 1992.
A staff member participated as a resource person and presented a paper giving a
profile on services in the Caribbean subregion.
13.2
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PLANNING
Organized jointly with other agencies
ILPES/EDI/ECLACs Project Data Bank and PSIP Seminar, Jamaica,
1991.
18-23 November
The Creation of Intra-port Competition in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago,
December 1991. The secretariat provided a resource person for this meeting.
Trainmar Steering Committee Meeting, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 February 1992. The
secretariat is the current chairman of this committee and provided resource
persons for this meeting.
Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting of Planners, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 29-30
April 1992.
Organized bv other institutions
Workshop on Establishing a National Roundtable on Industry and Environment,
Trinidad and Tobago, 30 July 1991.
Fifth Caribbean Basin Initiative Meeting, Puerto Rico, August 1991.
Second Meeting of the Inter-Sessional Policy Body of the Action Plan for Latin
America and the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago,
19-20 August 1991.
XXII OLADE Meeting of Ministers, Caracas, October 1991.
CARICOM Council of Ministers Meeting, Jamaica, 9 - 1 8 February 1992.
CEGAN meeting, Costa Rica, 3-6 March 1992.
Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Economists, Netherlands Antilles,
Curacao, 2-3 April 1992. The secretariat presented a paper at this meeting.
SELAs West Indian Commissions Symposium on CARICOM, the wider Caribbean and
Latin America, SELA Headquarters, Caracas, 27 - 28 April 1992.
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Twenty-second General Assembly of the OAS, Nassau, May 1992.
Twenty-second Annual Board of Governors Meeting of COB, Grand Cayman, May 1992.
Regional Workshop on Non-self Governing Territories Programme, Grenada, 17-19
June 1992.
IICA Regional Agricultural Marketing and Investment Opportunities Seminar,
Trinidad and Tobago, 30 March - 3 April 1992.
The Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Workers Council, Trinidad and Tobago, 22-28
November 1992, The secretariat provided a resource person at this meeting.
Island developing countries
Islands 2000: The World of Islands, What Development on the Eve of the Year 2000.
This conference was organized by the International Sciemtific Council for Islands
Development (INSULA) in collaboration with UNESCO, Italy, 19-24 June 1992. The
secretariat presented a paper for discussion at this conference.
FAO Interregional Conference of Small Island Countries on Sustainable Development
and Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbados, 7 - 1 0 April
1992.
13.3
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Organized bv the secretariat
Tenth Plenary Session of the CCST, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 24-25 September 1991.
Eleventh Plenary Session of CCST, Saint Lucia, 14-16 September 1992.
Twelfth Executive Committee Meeting of CCST, Jamaica, 23 September 1991.
Thirteenth Executive Committee Meeting of CCST, Puerto Rico, 17-19 March 1992
Seminar on Plan of Action for Science and Technology in the Caribbean, Saint
Lucia, 8-11 September 1992.
Organized bv other institutions
Scientific Research Council Biotechnology Conference, Tissue Culture Technology
for Improved Farm Production, Jamaica, 30 September - 2 October 1991.
UWI/IICA Regional Workshop on a Caribbean Biotechnology Agenda for the
Valorization of Genetic Resources, Trinidad and Tobago, 15-16 October 1991.
The Fifth Annual Agricultural Research Seminar of Trinidad and Tobago, 7-8
November 1991.
Fifth Annual National Consultation on Science and Technology, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, 26-27 September 1991.
Fifth Annual National Consultation on Science and Technology, Jamaica, 12 - 14
November 1991.
Expert Group Meeting for the Establishment of the Caribbean Regional Marine
Technology Centre, Caracas, 2-5 December 1991. The secretariat presented a paper
at this meeting.
IICA Regional Workshop on Agricultural Development, Trinidad and Tobago, 13
December 1991.
Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for the Least Developing Countries
and Other Small Developing Countries, Jamaica, 16-20 December 1991. The
secretariat presented a paper entitled Problems of the Organization of the
Science and Technology in Small States of the Caribbean.
Seventh Annual Technological Literacy Conference of NASTS, Virginia, United
States, February 1992
IICA Regional Agricultural Marketing and Investment Opportunities Seminar,
Trinidad and Tobago, 30 March - 3 April 1992.
Saint Lucia National Science Consultation for Science Popularization, Saint
Lucia, 21-24 April 1992.
Facilitation and participation in the National
Consultation, Belize, 27 April - 1 May 1992.
Science
and
Technology
IICA/UWI Latin American and the Caribbean Workshop on Food Preservation, Trinidad
and Tobago, 26-29 May 1992.
Caribbean Biotechnology Network Meeting, Jamaica, 6-8 July 1992.
13.4
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Social development
Organized bv the secretariat
Subregional Conference on Poverty in the Caribbean, Dominican Republic,
September - 2 October 1992.
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Organized bv other institutions
Rotary Club International Conference on Poverty in the Region, Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago.
Seminar on Survey of Living Conditions, Ministry of Planning and Mobilization,
Trinidad and Tobago.
Women in development
Organized bv other institutions
Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting on Changing Production Patterns and Women in the
Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, 26-27 June 1991
Meeting of the Netherlands Antilles NGO Coordinating Committee, preparatory to
the Fifth ECLAC Regional Conference, Curacao, 8 July 1991
Fourteenth Meeting of Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on the
Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America
and the Caribbean, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, 18-19 June 1992.
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ECLACs Fifth Regional Meeting on the Integration of Women into the Economic and
Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean, Curacao, 13 - 20 September
1991
ILO-UNDP Seminar on Research and Information on Women, Antigua and Barbuda, 28-29
August 1991.
Seminar on the Management of Womens Bureaux, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Hvunan resources development
Organized bv other institutions
CARICAD Roundtable Workshop on Public Management, Jamaica, 16-24 February 1992.
Expert Group Meeting on Planning Support for CARICAD, Barbados, April 1992.
Roundtable Meeting on Human Resource Development Strategies, Havana, Cuba, 2-5
December 1991
Removal of language barriers
Planning Meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Removal of Language
Barriers and the Planning Meeting of Consultants re: TRANSTEC Feasibility Study,
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, 17-21 July 1992.
13.5
POPULATION
Organized bv the secretariat
Two National Training Workshops on Analysis of Census Data,
October 1992; Netherlands Antilles, 19-29 November 1992.
Saint Lucia, 26-30
Three National Training Seminars on the Improvement of the Vital Registration and
Statistics System, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In
addition, three follow-up workshops for district registrars were carried out in
these countries to improve the collection and recording of the data.
National Consultative Meeting on Population Education, Trinidad and Tobago,
December 1991. This meeting was held jointly with UNESCO and the National
Population Programme Unit of Trinidad and Tobago.
UNFPA/ECLAC/CELADEs Meeting of Experts on Population and Development in Latin
America and the Caribbean, preparatory to the 1994 International Conference on
Population and Development, Saint Lucia, 6-9 October 1992
Organized bv other institutions
IDRC Seminar on REDATAM Distribution, Ougadougou, 1-7 February 1992.
Symposium on Fertility and Insularity, Reunion, 11-15 May 1992. This symposium
was organized by the Conseil General of the Government of France
UWI George Roberts Symposium, Jamaica, 4-5 June 1992. The secretariat presented
a paper for discussion at the seminar.
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USAID/UNFPA Regional Meeting on Population, Development and Environment, Antigua
and Barbuda, 18-23 July 1992. The secretariat provided assistance in the design
and conduct of this regional meeting.
13.6
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Organized bv the other institutions
Workshop of Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, Barbados,
11-13 November
1991. The secretariat provided a resource person for this meeting.
CARICOM Regional Taskforce for UNCED, Trinidad and Tobago, 8-10 January 1992.
Working Group on UNDP Capacity Building Study in preparation for UNCED, New York,
21-29 January 1992
Final Preparatory Meeting of the Caribbean Regional
Barbados, 26-27 May 1992.
Taskforce for UNCED,
Forum Meeting on Environment of CARICOM Officials, Barbados, 23-25 May 1992.
Meeting of the UNEP Taskforce on Climate Change, Miami, 31 May - 5 June 1992.
Attendance at the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
(UNCED) Meeting, Brazil, 2-15 June 1992.
13.7
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION FOR
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Caribbean information services
Organized bv the secretariat
Workshop on Training in the use of CDS/ISIS, Library Association of Trinidad and
Tobago, 23-29 October 1991.
Workshop on Training in the use of Mini-micro CDS/ISIS, UWI, Trinidad and Tobago,
15 January 1992.
Workshop on Training in the use of Mini-micro CDS/ISIS, CARIRI, Trinidad and
Tobago, 25 May 1992
CDCC Working Group Meeting on Information Networking for Training and Research.
Organized bv other institutions
Information Meeting of Database Producers and Telecommuication Authorities,
Trinidad and Tobago, 1 October 1991. The secretariat collaborated with CARTIS in
the planning of this meeting.
Launching of BET Information Centre, Barbados, 3-5 February 1992.
TRINCOM 92 Meeting: Caribbean Media and Telecommunications in the Information
Age, Trinidad and Tobago, 13-15 January 1992
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ACURIL XXII Conference: Management in Caribbean Libraries and Resource Centre,
Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago, 17-23 May 1992
Fifth Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) Coordinators Meeting, Barbados,
15-18 June 1992.
II Meeting - National First Latin American and Caribbean CDS/ISIS Users Meeting,
Argentina, 15-23 June 1992
Seminar Towards the Establishment of a National Geographical Information System
(GIS), Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 1992
AIIM Conference: Your Imaging Connection, Anaheim Conference Centre, Anaheim,
California, United States, 22-25 June 1992
Statistical data bank
Organized bv the secretariat
Arranged and held demonstration on PC-AXIS statistical database with the
participation of the Statistics Office, Central Bank, the University of the West
Indies, Ministry of Planning and consultants engaged in related activities. This
demonstration was convened in Trinidad and Tobago, August 1992.
Regional Workshop on Statistical and Other Databases in the Implementation of the
Human Resources Project, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-20 February 1992.
Regional Seminar on the Re-design of Sampling Frames and Sampling Designs with
Data from the 1990 Census Round, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 September-1 October
1992.
Organized bv other institutions
Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians Meeting, Bahamas, October 1991.
The secretariat provided a resource person for this meeting.
Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians Meeting, Belize, November 1992.
The secretariat provided a resource person for this meeting.
OECS Statisticians Meeting, Antigua and Barbuda, 1991. The secretariat provided
a resource person for this meeting.
IICA Regional Agricultural Marketing and Investment Opportunities Seminar,
Trinidad and Tobago, 30 March - 3 April 1992.
13.8
TOURISM AND INDUSTRY
Organized bv the secretariat
Regional Workshop on Socio-economic Management Issues in Caribbean Tourism,
Tobago, 13-14 February 1992.
National Workshop on Socio-economic Management Issues in Caribbean Tourism,
Barbados, 12-13 March 1992.
National Workshop on Socio-economic Management Issues in Caribbean Tourism, Saint
Lucia, 18-19 March 1992.
Organized bv other institutions
Seminar on Industrial Reconversion, organized by Consejo Regional de
Planificación de la Costa Atlántica (CORPES), Baranquilla, Colombia, 9-11 October
1991.
XVI Inter-American Travel Congress, Panama City, 25-28 November 1991
UNIDO Industrial Technology Meeting, Caracas, 2-6 December 1991.
Special CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting on Tourism, Jamaica, 16-18 February
1992.
First ANDINET Conference on Small Industries and Productive Restructuring,
organized by the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague), Santiago, 4-8 May 1992.
13.9
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE
Organized bv other institutions
Caribbean Basin Technical Assistance Group Meeting, Puerto Rico,
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3-4 April 1992.
SUPPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES
Organized bv other institutions
Meeting of Regional Constituent Assembly (RCA) advising on aspects of Windward
Islands Political Unification. Dominica, November 1991 and Saint Lucia, April
1992. The secretariat provided a resource person for these meetings.
Advisory Group Meeting on OECS Political Unification, Saint Lucia, 26 March-28
March 1992.
13.11
GENERAL INFORMATION SERVICES
Organized bv the secretariat
The Caribbean in the United Nations System with special emphasis on CDCC,
Trinidad and Tobago, 14-15 July 1992. This meeting was attended by CDCC focal
points representatives from 19 countries of the CDCC.
13.12
SUBSTANTIVE SERVICING OF MEETINGS OF THE CDCC
Thirteenth Session of CDCC, Jamaica, 22-26 July 1991
Caucus of Delegations of Member Countries of the CDCC, Santiago, Chile, 27 April
1992
Fifth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC, Trinidad and Tobago, 15-16
January 1992.